The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-30
THR NORTHWEST.
DAKOTA.

DAKOTA.
The Bismarck Tribune is confident that /
Hon. John D. Lawler, of Mitchell, will soon
be appointed territorial treasurer.
The farmers Of Hyde county complain that
thefaciities for gathering the FAX crop are
insufficient to properly save 1t all.
Nineteen miles Of grade on the Fremont
Elkhorn and Missouri Valley road north of
Rapid City Is ready for the iron.
An effort will be made to remove the
county seat Of Mcintosh to some point on
the Aberdeen, Bismarck and Northwestern.
Tn trouble between the Manitoba and the
farmers Elevator company at Claremont
has been settled and the farmers are happy.
Twenty-Five Methodist churches have been
Quilt in Rev. A. D. Travellers district during
the time he has been presiding elder, two
years.
George Rumpel, a youtg Bohemian farmer
twenty miles southwest of Faulkton suicided
by shooting Saturday. Insanity was the
cause.
At the recent meeting Of the army of Ten.
nessee at Detroit, ex-Gov. Pierce, of Dakota,
was selected as orator for the next annual
meeting, to be held at Toledo, Ohio.
Deadwood made no organized opposition
to the division OF Lawrence county. 1t is
believed, however, that the law authorizing a
vote was illegal and will fight it in the courts.
An officer, armed at Milbank with a rcouisi.
ton from the governor Of Penns ylvania, ar
rested A. H. Lewis, editor of the Milbank Re.
view, on charge Of arson in PHILADELPHIA in
1876.
A Gary syndicate composed of ~. E. Smith,
Joseph Pettijohn, NJ. F. Greedy and others
have purchascd 600 sheep from Wisconsin,
which were divided into hocks of SO and 1850
and distributed among the farmers In Duel
cognty for breeding purposes.
IOWA
Bernard Goetzman, long u resident of
Boone county, died Monday, aged eighty-six
years.
Quimby, the first station south Of Cherokee
on the Onawa line, is named III honor of the
assistant agent of the road.
b. B. Chtlds, who was held for criminal
negligence In the wreck Gaze at Alton, has
been honorably discharged.
Oakland is recovering from the effects of
It's great fire last May. Alarge portion of the
burned district is being rebuilt.
The Tribune company, of Davenport, with
acapital of $4,000, has filed articles of incor.
poration with the secretary Of state.
Secretary shaffer, Of the state agricultural
society, says the financial results of the state
fair are far ahead of all previous records.
The Dubuque papers announce that there
is a possibility that the mayor of that city
will Issue an order closing the saloons upon
Sunday.
The What Cheer Coal company aud the
Crcscsnt Coal company are members of the
temperance league at What Cheer. An attor-
ney has been hired by the month to prosecute
all offenders of the prohibltory law.
The fall term Of the Iowa Wesleyan univer.
sity at Mt. Pleasant opened Wednesday. This
lie one Of the oldest Standardization in
the state. Thacrectlon of an additional col.
legc building to cost $4,000 is soon to he
commenced. This is made possible by the
liberal donation Of Timothy Whiting dc.
ceased.
Iowa pensions were granted to-day as fol.
lows: Brothers and sisters Of Alphonso
Adams, Holstein and Akron: original, Elias
Conklin, Writ; Erastus Halliday, Larnville;
increase, j. r. Eckcrman, Havre; James
Norehead, Watson McGreaux, Howard: re.
issue, Robert G. shuey, Cedar Rapids; John
Toner, Clarinda.
NEBRASKA.
TIE merchants of Arlington report a good.
fall trsde.
Custer county is to build this fall a SCI, 600
court house.
Rushville is talking of having a system of
water works.
The largest creamery in the state is located
at West Point.
Sixteen teachers are employed In the public
schools Of Blair.
The Pacific railroad of Kansas and the Pa.
cite OF Nebraska have consolidated.
The corner stone Of the Soldiers home Mt
Grand Island will be laid October S.
--he railroad bridge across the river at Ru!o
will be completed some time in October,
The Lincoln branch of the Irish National
cague denounced the Mltchclstown riot.
There are nearly forty divorce cas.s pend.
Ing at the present term of court at Lincoln.
Custer county, though one of the newest in
the state, took the second premium ON rro.
duce.
The Norfolk board of trade now PROPOSE to
push matters that are Of Importance to the
town.
Norfolk shows q watermelon 5Ox4O and
weighing fifiy-four pounds, the production of
aiarm near Wafncrsvil.c. A number OF
prominent citizens arc ready to lead an ex.
ploring party into the interior.
An insane boy, eighteen years old, came
Ito Geneva and nearly took the town. After
knocking down all the boys he attacked a
woman, giving her a severe pounding before
men enough arrived to take care o.. him.
w. w. Haskell, editor Of the Ord Quix, was
attacked by Dave McCord, because of an arti.
Gle that rejected somewhat upon him In Has.
kcll's paper, but the editor was too smart for
Mccord and gave him q severe thrashine.
At the Adventist camp-mceting at Grand
Island . class of over seventy members was
drilled daily on bible subjects on views pcr.
tanning to these people. The students nre
being qualified for sctive service inl.the mis-.
eionary field.
Edward aoulihan, Of Nebraska City. was
arrested for raping his ffteen-year-old daugh.
ter. The warrant was sworn out on Tuesday.
Thedeed was done on the 32d Of August. The
Girl suffered terribly, but refused to divulee
the crime until forced to do SO.
MINNESOTA.
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